Re: aptitude lists linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 under Obsolete and Locally Created Packages?

[Angus Hedger <demidevil@gmail.com>]

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> On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:07 +0100
> Wolodja Wentland <wentland@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 14:06 -0400, Snood wrote:
>> > Following a slew of updates in Debian testing this morning I
>> > noticed that linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 (2.6.32-5) is listed by
>> > aptitude as being obsolete.
>>
>> Check your /var/log/aptitude, i'm sure that a new kernel version got
>> installed and the old one (i.e. *-trunk-*) is therefore obsolete.
>
>   That's what happened on Squeeze here...but linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 is
> still sitting in the boot directory ?????
>
>
>
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> Frank

Hey,

When you get a new kernel via apt the old one is not removed,

$ sudo aptitude purge linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686

Will remove the old kernel when you have made sure you don't want to
use it at a later date.

Regards,

Angus.